Susan 's Blog

A man goes to work with bandages on both of his ears.  His boss asks what happened.  He says "I burned my ears".  The boss asks " how'd you do that?" He said " I was ironing my clothes, the phone rang and I accidently answered it with the iron".  the boss said "ok, so how about the other ear?"  h...

Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the one who don't. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they only said it would...

The baby boomers (those born 1946 - 1964) make up 26% of our population. (78 million!)  According to the latest NAR survey, 70% of those will be buying a second home this decade. 54% will be buying in their current state, looking for vacation homes within a 3 hour drive from their primary residen...

He who strikes the first blow, admits he's lost the argument. He who asks is a fool for five minutes, he who does not ask is a fool forever. If heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it. Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think.

The President finally stood up this morning and told it like it is - as much as we don't like it, we need oil for the forseable future. Period.  He asked the Democratic run Congress to lift the moratorium on offshore drilling and many other sensible solutions that would increase supply, productio...

The latest and largest study seems to show that moderate coffee drinking (up to six cups a day), may not only be good for you, but may actually prolong your life.  The study showed this to be especially true in women. The study followed over 86,000 women and over 41,000 men from 1980 - 2004.  Wom...

This is totally awesome!  One of the pit bulls rescued from Michael Vicks dog fighting ring has a great new life!  He freely roams a cancer treatment center in California and "comforts" those who are there recieving chemo treatments.  The article is really neat and has his picture wearing a clown...

I've started a newsletter campaign and was wondering if others have had success with this.  After learning average person looks at a post card for 2.5 seconds, I thought that a newsletter, in an envlelope would at least take that long to open.  It has some real estate news, but is primarly useful...

I haven't dropped my cellphone in the bathtub lately, but next time I do, I will try Popular Mechanics remedy....Immediately cut the power and no matter how tempting, do not try to power up to see if it works! This is what will fry your phone.  Remove the battery and use compressed or cool air to...

I've been noticing more hoopla over downpayment gift programs such as Nehemiah and AmeriDream.  It seems the FHA is once again trying to ban these programs, claiming they artificially inflate prices and are 3 times likely to end in foreclosure versus other types of loans.  As an agent, we are hap...